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more strict, and by stopping here ninety
DAYS obtain divorce-if they can come for
InaI purpose only, and thus obtain a Gli-
I9rce-then the time ought to be extended.
vMr. BoGERT spoke Of the bin as de-
signed Tor cases when the cause of action
occurred outside of the territory. For one.
ne would be willing to allow an Immediate
action II the case arose in the territory.
MT. HUGHES held that the courts should
pc open to any citizen who has a cause Of
action. In seventeen years practice no
case had come under his observation where
the divorce laws OF the territory were
taken advantage of by persons who were
not in good faith residents and citizens.
Inc question is whether citizen shall
walt more than the time required for gain
ing citizenship before he can have le-
gal remedy offered by our laws.
Mr.. SMITH had never before heard the
proposition that a man from Minnesota
should come across the border and at once
nave the right to commence an action
Tor divorce, because he has that
right in other actions. In no other state or
territory can an action for divorce be be-
gun IN ninety days after coming in. A
party in New York, where only one cause
for divorce is recognized, and desiring an
absolute divorce, strikes for Dakota, where.
he can bring an action for divorce in
ninety days, and then goes back. He need
not suspend his business in New York. It
Is because of that practice that Legislatures
make a distinction between the right of
action for divorce and the right to other
actions. =.
Mr.. WELLS said: If it is a fact that
people are floating to the Territory to get
divorces, / will support this bill. My ex-
perlence is that people seeking divorces
are generally hard citizens, and want to
keep them out of our territory.
J. Mr.. DODGE said: If it be true that we
have right to bar any citizen out of court
then the term citizen is a lie; for it is one
OF the conditions of citizenship that it gives
the 20 into court.
Mr.. MEAD said: The trouble is not so
much as to time of residence, but that the
statute causes for, divorce are too many.
Certainly ninety days was time enough for
establishing residence to give right of
action for cause. He would favor reducing
the causes, or making limited divorces.
Give them separation if there is cause. He
was aware of people coming here for tine
sole purpose Of obtaining divorce, but not
on account of time; it was because there
were so many causes for which divorce
may be granted.
Mr.. HUGHES-People go the state or
territory where divorces are easiest OBJ
tained-where the laws are loosest. 1t is
not question of time. If the state of af-
fairs is as stated by the gentlemen, and
presume they speak from experience, let us
cut out the roat Of the evil by making our
laws more stringent.
Mr.. CAIN-They tell us the laws are lax
as to the causes of divorce, and in the same
breath speak for laxity as to time.
After some further talk the bill was
passed; ayes. 1S; nays. 9.
WOMEN AS NoTARIEs.
When Council Bill No. 81 was on its pas
sage, Mr.. McCumber asked if the gentle
men thought that taking a woman out of
her place, as he thought, and making her a
person to administer oaths, would not de-
tract from the impressiveness of the oath.
Another and most important duty of no.
tary is taking references, and he would
submit that in most of the cases referred
the evidence is unfit to be taken by lady.
appointment in Mr.. McCumber's position,
said that in his section they have ladies in
law and land offices, and it would be con-
venient to have them appointed notaries.
He believed that the disposition to give
women official places was growing, and he
hoped this bill would pass.
THIRD READING.
Rule % was amended so that bills re-
ported from a committee will have their
third reading next day unless majority
of the council vote for Immediate consider
alton.
At 5:15 the council adjourned to meet at
2 p m. Tuesday.